Nature Never Hurries

Nature Never Hurries. Atom by Atom, Little by Little She Achieves Her Work. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Orion Nebula in 3D format

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CG30 | A Cometary Globule Complex in Puppis

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“Furnace of Life”

Rod Prazeres

Capture the Dark Photo Contest

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“Under Dark Skies: The Horsehead Revealed”

Tiffany Effinger

Capture the Dark Photo Contest

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I Captured The Rare Supermoon Of 2024 In High Resolution From My Backyard Using An Amateur Telescope

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“Dragon Tree Trails”

A solitary dragon tree stands tall in the heart of Socotra’s Dragon Blood Tree forest – an otherworldly landscape unlike anywhere else on Earth. The final image is composed of 300 individual exposures. Location: Firmihin Forest, Hidaybu District, Yemen, 13 March 2024

Benjamin Barakat

ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year

Royal Observatory Greenwich

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“Abell 85: Pomegranate in the Universe”

Abell 85 is a supernova remnant situated in the Milky Way galaxy that appears to some to be shaped like a pomegranate. This target is faint. The OIII signal in particular is exceedingly weak. To fully capture the signal, Deqian Li spent six days camping in Hongyuan County. Location: Hongyuan County, Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China, and Yingshan County, Nanchong, Sichuan, China, 30, 31 August, 1 and 3–5 September 2024

Deqian Li

ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year

Royal Observatory Greenwich

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“Electric Threads of the Lightning Spaghetti Nebula”

This full-spectrum image of the Spaghetti Nebula unveils the faint and elusive nature of this supernova remnant (SNR), hidden behind a vast cloud of dust that obstructs its emission light. To enhance its visual appeal, Shaoyu Zhang dedicated considerable time to capturing OIII data, intensifying the blue and green hues, while allowing SII and H-alpha to support high dynamic range stretching for added depth. Location: Deep Sky Chile Observatory, Camino del Observatorio, Río Hurtado, Chile and Xiangcheng, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China, 21, 24 and 25 December 2024, 3–5, 15, 16, 19–31 January, 1–6, 10–19 February 2025

Shaoyu Zhang

ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year

Royal Observatory Greenwich

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“NGC 2997: The Antlia Cabbage Galaxy”

NGC 2997 is a barred spiral galaxy (type SBc) in the constellation of Antlia. At 35 million light years distance, it has a visual magnitude of about 9.5, making it visible with binoculars in dark sites. The region is full of background H-alpha emissions, giving wonderful color to the image. Location: El Sauce Observatory, Río Hurtado, Chile, 23 January, 4–5 February 2025

Xinran Li

ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year

Royal Observatory Greenwich

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“Zeta and the Joshua Tree”

Dan Thompson

ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year

Royal Observatory Greenwich

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Lagoon Reflections - Aurora

The weather was strong - with days where the wind was over 30m/s but never the less the Icelandic beauty was on full display. These images are from a brief roadtrip along the South Coast.

Alex Berger

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Gianluca Rubinacci

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Gianluca Rubinacci

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Fairbanks, Alaska

Sherman Hogue

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Greenland

 Mads Pihl 

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Cherry Springs State Park, Pennsylvania

Potter County Visitors Association

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Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota

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